Understand how coins are made, and where the active U.S. Mint facilities
are located.

Explain these collecting terms:

Obverse

Reverse

Reeding

Clad

Type set

Date set

Explain the grading terms Uncirculated, Extremely Fine, Very Fine,
Fine, Very Good, Good, and Poor. Show five different grade examples
of the same coin type. Explain the term “proof”proof and why it is not a grade. Tell
what encapsulated coins are.

Know three different ways to store a collection, and describe the
benefits, drawbacks, and expense of each method. Pick one to use when
completing requirements.

Do the following:

Demonstrate to your counselor that you know how to use two U.S.
or world coin reference catalogs.

Read a numismatic magazine or newspaper and tell your counselor
about what you learned.

Describe the 1999-2008 50 State Quarters Program. Collect and show
your counselor five different quarters you have acquired from circulation.

Collect from circulation a set of currently circulating U.S. coins.
Include one coin of each denomination (cent, nickel, dime, quarter,
half-dollar, dollar). For each coin, locate the mint marks, if any,
and the designer’s initials, if any.

Do the following:

Identify the people depicted on the following denominations
of current U.S. paper money: $1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $50, and $100.

Explain “legal tender.”

Describe the role the Federal Reserve System plays in the distribution
of currency.

Do ONE of the following:

Collect and identify 50 foreign coins from at least 10 different
countries.

Collect and identify 20 bank notes from at least five different
countries.

Collect and identify 15 different tokens or medals.

For each year since the year of your birth, collect a date set
of a single type of coin

Do ONE of the following:

Tour a U.S. Mint facility, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing
facility, a Federal Reserve bank, or a numismatic museum or exhibit,
and describe what you learned to your counselor.

With your parent’s permission, attend a coin show or coin club
meeting, or view the Web site of the U.S. Mint or a coin dealer,
and report what you learned.

Give a talk about coin collecting to a group such as your troop,
a Cub Scout pack, or your class at school.

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